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IJLLL 2024 Vol.10(2): 209-213
DOI: 10.18178/IJLLL.2024.10.2.514

An Empirical Study on English Learning Burnout among Chinese English Majors—Taking English Major Undergraduates at X University as an Example

Li Yafeng and Liu Fei*
School of Foreign Studies, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China
Email: yafengli@mail.nwpu.edu.cn (L.Y.); sophiayucheng@mail.nwpu.edu.cn (L.F.)
*Corresponding author

Manuscript received September 27, 2023; revised November 30, 2023; accepted December 25, 2023; published April 16, 2024

Abstract—Burnout has a great impact on students’ learning achievement and motivation. This paper investigates the English Learning Burnout (ELB) of 122 English Major undergraduates from one first-rate university in Xi’an by questionnaire. After the quantitative analysis, it finds that participants show a high level of burnout from English learning (M = 3.28, SD = 0.96). Among three dimensions of English learning burnout, cynicism occupies the first (Mean = 3.31, SD = 0.94) and emotional exhaustion ranks the second (Mean = 3.28, SD = 0.97), followed by reduced personal accomplishment (Mean = 3.27, SD = 0.88). To deeply explore the factors influencing the ELB, linear regression analysis is conducted. Results of linear regression analysis show that four kinds of factors influencing learning burnout proposed in previous studies including school factor, disciplinary factor, personal factor and social factor contribute to the ELB. Based on the research finding, it proposes suggestions for teachers to pay more attention to students’ psychology for learning. Meanwhile, it is also suggested that the curriculum be optimized to meet the need of the talent market and students’ prospects.

Keywords—English learning burnout, Chinese English majors, teaching suggestion

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Cite:Li Yafeng and Liu Fei, "An Empirical Study on English Learning Burnout among Chinese English Majors—Taking English Major Undergraduates at X University as an Example," International Journal of Languages, Literature and Linguistics vol. 10, no. 2, pp. 209-213, 2024.

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